OPENING JUNE 29 :
INTO THE WEEDS – MAKING RELATIONS BY LIZA GAREAU TOSH
In this exhibit of new works , fine art painter Liza Gareau Tosh will look at the symbiosis found amongst common weeds and the variety of textures and colours found in places often overlooked . Through the connectivity of relationships – from family to community to intergenerational roots – she will explore the ways in which people and plants support and nurture one another .
Liza Gareau Tosh is of French Canadian and Metis ancestry originally from St-Isidore-de-Bellevue , Saskatchewan .
SUMMER WALKING TOURS
Take a stroll with the Fernie Museum this summer and discover tales of conflict , courage and criminal behaviour . Walking tours are offered every Saturday and Sunday through July and August and take approximately 90 minutes . Tickets are $ 10 . 11am & 3pm walk-in or by reservation . 1pm tour by advance reservation only . To avoid disappointment , please email or call the Museum at least 24 hours in advance to book .
11AM : THE GREAT FIRE On August 1st , 1908 , a wildfire swept through Fernie , razing the town in just 90 minutes and causing over $ 5 million in property damage . The resulting building ordinances created the town we enjoy today .
1PM : FERNIE AT WAR By advance reservation only . Far from the front , Fernie was still devastated by the impact of WWI . Many young men signed up and never returned , while local internment separated families and turned hardworking immigrant miners into convicts .
3PM : RUMRUNNERS ! When prohibition hit Canada , local entrepreneurs did a roaring trade transporting whiskey and other goods between Fernie and the Crowsnest Pass . Events came to a head on September 21 , 1922 with a car chase followed by a violent shoot-out which led to a tragic end for Fernie ’ s bottle king and his young assistant .
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